{"id":420,"date":"2011-04-19T17:27:09","date_gmt":"2011-04-19T17:27:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/solaceinabook.com\/site\/?p=420"},"modified":"2011-04-19T17:27:09","modified_gmt":"2011-04-19T17:27:09","slug":"the-oed-is-awesome","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/solaceinabook.com\/site\/2011\/04\/the-oed-is-awesome\/","title":{"rendered":"The OED is awesome"},"content":{"rendered":"

Like most writers, I love words. \u00a0Back in March the Oxford English Dictionary<\/a><\/em> made the news because of its list newly accepted words and phrases. \u00a0Tinfoil hat, muffin top and couch surfing were some of the new words the media picked up on, but if you relied simply on what was in the news reports, you have missed out on a lot. \u00a0The OED<\/em> site is wonderful, not at all stodgy or fusty, but approachable and well-written. \u00a0At this point, I can’t afford a subscription to the OED<\/em>, but there is plenty on the site that is free and interesting. So, check it out.<\/p>\n

In the meantime, see if you know the definitions to these new words:<\/p>\n

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  • about round,\u00a0adv<\/em>.<\/li>\n
  • ambigram,\u00a0n<\/em>.<\/li>\n
  • banh mi,\u00a0n<\/em>.<\/li>\n
  • Barnard’s star,\u00a0n<\/em>.<\/li>\n
  • bet-hedging,\u00a0n<\/em>.<\/li>\n
  • bet-hedging,\u00a0adj<\/em>.<\/li>\n
  • biker,\u00a0n<\/em>.<\/li>\n
  • biologic,\u00a0adj<\/em>. and\u00a0n<\/em>.<\/li>\n
  • calligram,\u00a0n<\/em>.<\/li>\n
  • car crash,\u00a0n<\/em>.<\/li>\n
  • couch surf,\u00a0v<\/em>.<\/li>\n
  • couch surfer,\u00a0n<\/em>.<\/li>\n
  • couch surfing,\u00a0n<\/em>.<\/li>\n
  • cream crackered,\u00a0adj<\/em>.<\/li>\n
  • cr\u00e8me de cassis,\u00a0n<\/em>.<\/li>\n
  • Divehi,\u00a0n<\/em>.<\/li>\n
  • dot-bomb,\u00a0n<\/em>. and\u00a0adj<\/em>.<\/li>\n
  • dotted line,\u00a0n<\/em>. and\u00a0adj<\/em>.<\/li>\n
  • drill-down,\u00a0n<\/em>.<\/li>\n
  • dubplate,\u00a0n<\/em>.<\/li>\n
  • Dutch colonial,\u00a0adj<\/em>. and\u00a0n<\/em>.<\/li>\n
  • ego-surf,\u00a0v<\/em>.<\/li>\n
  • ego-surfing,\u00a0n<\/em>.<\/li>\n
  • English colonial,\u00a0adj<\/em>. and\u00a0n<\/em>.<\/li>\n
  • fabless,\u00a0adj<\/em>.<\/li>\n
  • fnarr fnarr,\u00a0int<\/em>. and\u00a0adj<\/em>.<\/li>\n
  • gnasher,\u00a0n<\/em>.<\/li>\n
  • gremolata,\u00a0n<\/em>.<\/li>\n
  • headline,\u00a0v<\/em>.<\/li>\n
  • headlined,\u00a0adj<\/em>.<\/li>\n
  • headlining,\u00a0adj<\/em>.<\/li>\n
  • hentai,\u00a0n<\/em>.<\/li>\n
  • heteronormative,\u00a0adj<\/em>.<\/li>\n
  • heteronormativity,\u00a0n<\/em>.<\/li>\n
  • Hindutva,\u00a0n<\/em>.<\/li>\n
  • June,\u00a0n<\/em>.<\/li>\n
  • kleftiko,\u00a0n<\/em>.<\/li>\n
  • la-la land,\u00a0n<\/em>.<\/li>\n
  • lari,\u00a0n<\/em>.<\/li>\n
  • LOL,\u00a0n<\/em>.1<\/li>\n
  • LOL,\u00a0int<\/em>. and\u00a0n<\/em>.2<\/li>\n
  • lumpenintelligentsia,\u00a0n<\/em>.<\/li>\n
  • meep,\u00a0n<\/em>. (and\u00a0int<\/em>.)<\/li>\n
  • meep,\u00a0v<\/em>.<\/li>\n
  • muffin top,\u00a0n<\/em>.<\/li>\n
  • non-dom,\u00a0n<\/em>.<\/li>\n
  • non-domicile,\u00a0n<\/em>.<\/li>\n
  • non-domiciled,\u00a0adj<\/em>.<\/li>\n
  • OMG,\u00a0int<\/em>., (n<\/em>.), and\u00a0adj<\/em>.<\/li>\n
  • pap,\u00a0n<\/em>.5<\/li>\n
  • pap,\u00a0v<\/em>.3<\/li>\n
  • party-crasher,\u00a0n<\/em>.<\/li>\n
  • party-crashing,\u00a0n<\/em>.<\/li>\n
  • party-crashing,\u00a0adj<\/em>.<\/li>\n
  • radioprotectant,\u00a0adj<\/em>. and\u00a0n<\/em>.<\/li>\n
  • rotograph,\u00a0v<\/em>.<\/li>\n
  • rotoscope,\u00a0v<\/em>.<\/li>\n
  • rotoscoped,\u00a0adj.<\/em><\/li>\n
  • rotoscoping,\u00a0n<\/em>.<\/li>\n
  • rototill,\u00a0v<\/em>.<\/li>\n
  • rototilled,\u00a0adj<\/em>.<\/li>\n
  • rotten egg,\u00a0n<\/em>.<\/li>\n
  • Rotterdammer,\u00a0n<\/em>.<\/li>\n
  • Rottie,\u00a0n<\/em>.<\/li>\n
  • rottle,\u00a0n<\/em>.2<\/li>\n
  • rotty,\u00a0adj<\/em>.<\/li>\n
  • rouding time,\u00a0n<\/em>.<\/li>\n
  • rough-cut,\u00a0adj<\/em>.<\/li>\n
  • rough-cut,\u00a0v<\/em>.<\/li>\n
  • rough-dress,\u00a0v<\/em>.<\/li>\n
  • roughed-in,\u00a0adj<\/em>.<\/li>\n
  • rough-in,\u00a0n<\/em>.<\/li>\n
  • roughstock,\u00a0n<\/em>.<\/li>\n
  • roulade,\u00a0v<\/em>.<\/li>\n
  • roulading,\u00a0n<\/em>.<\/li>\n
  • roulette,\u00a0v<\/em>.<\/li>\n
  • roundman,\u00a0n<\/em>.<\/li>\n
  • round-nose,\u00a0adj<\/em>. and\u00a0n<\/em>.<\/li>\n
  • round-trip,\u00a0v<\/em>.<\/li>\n
  • roupily,\u00a0adv<\/em>.<\/li>\n
  • Roussanne,\u00a0n<\/em>.<\/li>\n
  • roustabouting,\u00a0n<\/em>.<\/li>\n
  • routed,\u00a0adj<\/em>.2<\/li>\n
  • router,\u00a0n<\/em>.6<\/li>\n
  • routery,\u00a0n<\/em>.<\/li>\n
  • routineness,\u00a0n<\/em>.<\/li>\n
  • rowdily,\u00a0adv<\/em>.<\/li>\n
  • rowed,\u00a0adj<\/em>.3<\/li>\n
  • rower,\u00a0n<\/em>.3<\/li>\n
  • rowlock,\u00a0n<\/em>.2<\/li>\n
  • Royal Free disease,\u00a0n<\/em>.<\/li>\n
  • royalness,\u00a0n<\/em>.<\/li>\n
  • rozzle,\u00a0v<\/em>.<\/li>\n
  • RSA,\u00a0n<\/em>.2<\/li>\n
  • Rt. Rev.,\u00a0n<\/em>.<\/li>\n
  • Rt. Revd.,\u00a0n<\/em>.<\/li>\n
  • Ru,\u00a0n<\/em>.<\/li>\n
  • rua,\u00a0n<\/em>.<\/li>\n
  • ruach,\u00a0n<\/em>.<\/li>\n
  • rub-a-dub,\u00a0v<\/em>.1<\/li>\n
  • rubber-banded,\u00a0adj<\/em>.<\/li>\n
  • rubberization,\u00a0n<\/em>.<\/li>\n
  • rubberize,\u00a0v<\/em>.1<\/li>\n
  • Rubisco,\u00a0n<\/em>.<\/li>\n
  • rubrene,\u00a0n<\/em>.<\/li>\n
  • rubrification,\u00a0n<\/em>.2<\/li>\n
  • rubus,\u00a0n<\/em>.<\/li>\n
  • ruck,\u00a0v<\/em>.7<\/li>\n
  • ruckly,\u00a0adj<\/em>.2<\/li>\n
  • rude,\u00a0n<\/em>.1<\/li>\n
  • rudimentarily,\u00a0adv<\/em>.<\/li>\n
  • ruesome,\u00a0adj<\/em>.<\/li>\n
  • ruff,\u00a0n<\/em>.10<\/li>\n
  • ruff,\u00a0int<\/em>. (and\u00a0n<\/em>.11)<\/li>\n
  • rufiyaa,\u00a0n<\/em>.<\/li>\n
  • Rugby sevens,\u00a0n<\/em>.<\/li>\n
  • rugelach,\u00a0n<\/em>.<\/li>\n
  • rugulate,\u00a0adj<\/em>.<\/li>\n
  • ruleful,\u00a0adj<\/em>.<\/li>\n
  • rumble-de-thumps,\u00a0n<\/em>.<\/li>\n
  • Ruminal,\u00a0adj<\/em>.1<\/li>\n
  • rumminess,\u00a0n<\/em>.1<\/li>\n
  • rumour control | rumor control,\u00a0n<\/em>.<\/li>\n
  • Rumping,\u00a0adj<\/em>.<\/li>\n
  • rumspringa,\u00a0n<\/em>.<\/li>\n
  • run-and-shoot,\u00a0adj<\/em>. and\u00a0n<\/em>.<\/li>\n
  • runathon,\u00a0n<\/em>.<\/li>\n
  • runchick,\u00a0n<\/em>.<\/li>\n
  • Rungu,\u00a0n<\/em>.<\/li>\n
  • runiform,\u00a0adj<\/em>.<\/li>\n
  • run-round,\u00a0n<\/em>.<\/li>\n
  • ruote,\u00a0n<\/em>.<\/li>\n
  • Rupert,\u00a0n<\/em>.<\/li>\n
  • RUPP,\u00a0n<\/em>.<\/li>\n
  • Ruppia,\u00a0n<\/em>.<\/li>\n
  • rural economics,\u00a0n<\/em>.<\/li>\n
  • Rurales,\u00a0n<\/em>.<\/li>\n
  • ruralite,\u00a0n<\/em>.<\/li>\n
  • Russellite,\u00a0n<\/em>.1 and\u00a0adj<\/em>.<\/li>\n
  • Russellite,\u00a0n<\/em>.2<\/li>\n
  • Russellite,\u00a0n<\/em>.3<\/li>\n
  • Russophilia,\u00a0n<\/em>.<\/li>\n
  • Russophobic,\u00a0adj<\/em>.<\/li>\n
  • Russophone,\u00a0n<\/em>. and\u00a0adj<\/em>.<\/li>\n
  • russula,\u00a0n<\/em>.<\/li>\n
  • rusticate,\u00a0adj<\/em>.<\/li>\n
  • rusticator,\u00a0n<\/em>.<\/li>\n
  • rusticle,\u00a0n<\/em>.<\/li>\n
  • Rusyn,\u00a0n<\/em>. and\u00a0adj<\/em>.<\/li>\n
  • Ruthenic,\u00a0adj<\/em>.1<\/li>\n
  • ruthenous,\u00a0adj<\/em>.<\/li>\n
  • Ruthian,\u00a0adj<\/em>.<\/li>\n
  • rutinic,\u00a0adj<\/em>.<\/li>\n
  • rutting,\u00a0n<\/em>.2<\/li>\n
  • ryanodine,\u00a0n<\/em>.<\/li>\n
  • ryotei,\u00a0n<\/em>.<\/li>\n
  • ryugi,\u00a0n<\/em>.<\/li>\n
  • Second Coming,\u00a0n<\/em>.<\/li>\n
  • singledom,\u00a0n<\/em>.<\/li>\n
  • Skidi,\u00a0n<\/em>. and\u00a0adj<\/em>.<\/li>\n
  • smack talk,\u00a0n<\/em>.<\/li>\n
  • smack talking,\u00a0n<\/em>.<\/li>\n
  • smack-talking,\u00a0adj<\/em>.<\/li>\n
  • spinback,\u00a0n<\/em>.<\/li>\n
  • state-run,\u00a0adj<\/em>.<\/li>\n
  • stonewash,\u00a0n<\/em>.<\/li>\n
  • stonewash,\u00a0v<\/em>.<\/li>\n
  • stonewashed,\u00a0adj<\/em>.<\/li>\n
  • suicide door,\u00a0n<\/em>.<\/li>\n
  • taquito,\u00a0n<\/em>.<\/li>\n
  • tetri,\u00a0n<\/em>.<\/li>\n
  • tinfoil hat,\u00a0n<\/em>.<\/li>\n
  • Wag,\u00a0n<\/em>.4<\/li>\n
  • wassup,\u00a0int<\/em>.<\/li>\n
  • yidaki,\u00a0n<\/em>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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